Watch the first teaser trailer for new HBO series "Barry"

HBO has shared the first teaser trailer for a new comedy series titled Barry.

The show stars Saturday Night Live’s Bill Hader as Barry, a depressed hitman who finds a new calling in life as he falls into an acting class in Los Angeles.

The first teaser sets up Barry’s overall plot brilliantly, with Bill Hader portraying an incredibly friendly hitman who has most definitely been bitten by the acting bug. Take a look at the trailer above and have a read of the official synopsis below:

"Barry centers on ex-Marine Barry who works as a low-rent hitman in the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he begrudgingly travels to Los Angeles to kill someone and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the LA theater scene."